Golf-club rack



y 192 u. c. DEIKE 1.719.360

GOLF CLUB RACK Filed Feb. 26. 1926 i five/4e INVENTO? WITNESS: I I QAT'TORNEQ Patented July 2, 1929.

UNITED "sTA Es PATENT OFFICE.

GOLF-CLUB RACK.

Application filed February 26, 1926. Serial No. 90,882.

'lhis in\-'ention relates to racks especially designed for holding golfclubs, an object being to provide a rack which will accommodate a numberof clubs in a relatively small space and will thus provide convenientmeans for displaying clubs in stores, keeping them in proper place inclub houses, as well as private dwellings, andivill further support themin a manner to prevent; warping of their shafts.

Another object of the iuvent'ionis the pro vision of a rack which isalso useful in connection with a starting system at golf courses, theplayers placing their clubs in the rack in the order of their arrival,so that the starter may determine. the proper player and start him inhis proper turn.

\Vith the above and other objects in view,- the invention furtherincludes the following novel features and details of constriurtion,

to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view illustrating theinvention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary plan View.

Figure 3 is a fragnu-ntary perspective view showing a. portion of thesupporting ihember.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of the locking member and its pivot.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the invention comprises a support. which issubstantially L-shaped in cross section and includes a verticallydisposed attaching portion 10 from which extend,

spaced horizontally disposcd supporting arms 11, the space between thearms being designed to receive golf clubs. The support which is in theform of an angle bar may be of any desired length so as to accommodate adesired number of clubs, or it may be constructcd of a standard lengthand arranged end to end so as to accommodate the number of clubsdesired; This is illustrated by the dot-.

ted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings.

The space between the arms 11 provides an entrance mouth and a clubreceiving space, the heads 12 of the clubs being designed to rest uponthe supporting arms with the shafts 13 of'the clubs extending downward.If desired, a bar 14 which is provided with spaced notches 15 may bepositioned beneath the supporting member to receive the shafts ofsition. 1

livotally mounted at the outer end oi each of the arms It as indicatedat 16 is a locking membcr 'l'i' illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings.This member is preferably formed of a single length of who and is bentintermediate its ends as indicated at 18 to provide for the reception ofa pivot 19, while an actuating, arm 20 and'a locking arm 2t extend fromthe coil.

The upper end of the locking arm is designed to be received within adepression or seat 22, one of which is provided in each of the arms 11.while the outer edge of each of the arms 11 is beveled or inclined asshown at; 23 to facilitate the entrance of the arm 21 within the seat.The arm 20 is of such length that when the locking arm is moved outwardas shown in Iligure 1 of the drawings for the removal of the club, theextremity of the said arm 20 will engage the coil 18 and prevent saidarm from riding beyond the outer end of the arm 11. When the club isinserted between the arms 20 and 21, it will engage the arm 20 and movethe latter inward until the inner end of the said arm 20 engages theplate 10 so as to limit n'iovement of the arm in this direction. In thisposition, the extremity of the arm 21 will occupy the seat 22.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description and accompanyingdrawings that the invention provides a convenient display rack and spacesaving device for the use of golf club manufactiu'ers, club houses andgolf club professionals as well as for home use. It acts to open andclose by the removal or the clubs and hold them in pcrpendicularpoinsertion of a club and each empty space will be arranged for theinsertion of a club by the removal of a preceding club.

In addition, the rack is capable of use in connection with a. startingsystem for golf.

club players, the rack being numbered as shown in Figure 1 of thedrawings, so that the players may place their clubs within the rack inthe order of their arrival. The starter can by this means determine theplayer whose next turn it is to start and arguments and annoyances dueto the mistake of starting the wrong player, can be thus avoided.

The invention is susceptible to various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved tomake such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having 'deserihed the invention what is? claimed is v A golf club rackcomprising a transversely L-shuped support including a. vertically dis-6 posed attaching plate and spaced horizontal- 1y disposed supportingarms extending therefrom, a locking member pivotull mounted at the outerend of each arm, said member including an inner actuating arm and anouter 10 locking arm, said'inner arm being arranged to engagethe'ntmching-plate to limit inward movement, and to engage an adjacentlocking member to limit outward movement and means provided at the outerends of the supporting arms for engagement with the free ends of thelocking arms to yieldingly hold the latter in locked position.

In testimony whereof 1 aflix my signature.

,ULRlG CARL DEIKE.

